Youth and Schools

We have a team of experienced and trained staff and coaches who deliver all our programmes with a  passion that will enthuse those taking part.

Outdoor learning programmes for Primary, Secondary, SEN schools and groups 

Prices

In Lee Valley Regional Park

• Full day and Discovery Day - £258 per class

• Half day - £168 per class

• Forest Schools - £495 per 6 week block of 2 hour sessions (max 15 pupils) 

• SEN sessions - £86 per class (max 10 pupils)

• £50 guided walk group (one hour)

School based visits (price as below plus mileage at 50p per mile)

• Stone Age Discovery Day £350 for up to 35 pupils

• Forest Schools - £495 per 6 week block of 2 hour sessions (max 15 pupils) 

• Mindfulness in Schools £450 for 12 week session

We've a minimum charge for smaller groups. The minimum number for each of the groups listed below:

• 20 primary, secondary and post 16 pupils

• 15 for youth groups

• 10 for special needs/ forest schools groups  

Sporting programmes:

• Vary by venue and activity

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Flexible Booking Guarantee​

This is guarantee applies to all bookings made up to July 2022.

​What’s covered

Our Flexi Booking Guarantee automatically applies to all booking made up to July 2022. In relation to the Coronavirus pandemic you're covered for the following:

1. UK Government places restrictions on travel

2. You’re unable to travel due to COVID-19 or the need to isolate

3. You consider it unsafe to visit

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How to claim using the guarantee

All you need to do is get in touch with the team and advise us that you’d like to move your booking.

If you have the new dates let us know and we can check availability and book you in, if you’re unsure we can hold your payment against a booking for future dates to be confirmed.

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​Terms and Conditions

1. The ‘Guarantee Change Period’ allows transfer within the period of 28 days and 4 days prior visit

2. Should UK Government advice significantly change in the 4 days prior to arrival we’ll honour the Flexi Booking Guarantee for you

3. All other booking Terms and Conditions remain unchanged (Standard Terms and Conditions of Sale)

4. Changes to booking dates are subject to availability

5. If you do not rebook your visit at the time of advising that you’d like change, you have 6 months from the date of notification of change to book your new visit

6. All visits must be taken by 31 December 2022

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Contact details

• Lee Valley Youth and Schools Service

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Opportunities for assessing learner progress

Our Youth and Schools team who deliver our outdoor education programmes use numerous techniques to assess student learning. These will facilitate teacher’s assessment of their students’ learning throughout their session.

These include:

• Questions and answer sessions

• Enabling students to make predictions and reasoning using knowledge gained during sessions, research and conclude their findings during the visit

• Role play presentations to each other, teachers and/or the whole group to reiterate key facts learnt

• Individual learning and decision making

• Creating designs based on research and presenting ideas and designs in groups

• Navigating under time limits and obtaining scores during competitions

Plan a visit

Guidance for visiting the park 

The guidance notes for leaders visiting the park contain important information that must be read prior to visiting us (if you have any difficulty accessing this document please contact us for a hard copy). 

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Guidance for in school visits

The guidance notes for in school visits contain important information that must be read prior to us visiting you (if you have any difficulty accessing this document please contact us for a hard copy).  

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School based visits and self led park visits to the park

Lee Valley Regional Park stretches 26 miles (42 kms) from Ware in Hertfordshire to the banks of the Thames in East London. It comprises a host of leisure facilities. Activities available range from ice skating through to horse riding cycling and golf as well as a visit to the popular Lee Valley Animal Adventure Park.
 
School based visits  
We would love you to experience our 10,000 acre park, however if you can’t join us, we offer opportunities to come to you. The following programmes can be offered in schools:

• Stone Age Discovery Day

• Forest Schools

• PAWS B – Mindfulness in Schools Programme 

 
Self Led visits
There are opportunities for you to arrange your own visit to sites and venue throughout the park, from Middlesex Filter Beds and Walthamstow Marshes in the south, to River Lee Country Park and Rye House Gatehouse in the north.
Please contact us if you would like to run a self-led visit to the park as there are various health and safety and site control measures of which your group need to be aware.